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Reverse transcription-PCR demonstrated that brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression was significantly increased in the substantia nigra of rat models of Parkinson's disease, and that abnormal behavior of rats was significantly improved following electroacupuncture treatment. |
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These results indicated that electroacupuncture treatment upregulated brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression in the substantia nigra of rat models of Parkinson's disease. |
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression in the rat substantia nigra |
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A 219-bp fragment of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA and a 242-bp fragment of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA were obtained by PCR amplification (Figure 1). |
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Image analysis system demonstrated that brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor expression was lower in the Parkinson's disease model group compared with the blank and sham-surgery groups (P < 0.01). |
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However, brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression was significantly greater in the electroacupuncture group than in the model group (P < 0.01; Table 1). |
